Media
Scan:
Cockburn
on
Rosenthal,
Forbes
on
Buying
Initiatives,
CNN
on
Bad
Drug
Raid
5/23/03
Alexander Cockburn writes
about Ed Rosenthal's recent marijuana conviction in "The rebellion and
Its Martyrs":
http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=15025
Dan Forbes covers the Congressional
attempt to allow anti-drug officials to overtly campaign against drug reform
ballot initiatives with taxpayer dollars:
http://www.tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/7867
Mistaken drug raid causes
heart attack, covered by CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/05/16/crime.mistake.reut/
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Issue #288, 5/23/03
Editorial: Outrage at Outrages | No Marijuana Possession Law in Ontario, Court Rules -- Cops Vow to Keep Arresting Users Anyway | Hip Hop Nation Set to Rock the Rockefeller Laws -- Mass Protest Set for June 4 if Laws Not Repealed | GOP Effort to Let Drug Czar Propagandize Against Reform Stalled in House Committee | Drug Testing Has No Impact on Student Drug Use, Study Finds | Stop the Murder of Thai Drug Users -- International Day of Action, June 12 | CNN Special Report on "Killing Pablo" | Newsbrief: Rosenthal Loses Motion for New Trial, Sentencing Date Looms | Newsbrief: Medical Marijuana -- Yes in Maryland, No in Connecticut | Newsbrief: "States' Rights to Medical Marijuana Act" Reintroduced | Newsbrief: "Smoke a Joint, Lose Your Student Loan" Bill Introduced in Wisconsin | Newsbrief: House Committee Takes Slap at Needle Exchange | Newsbrief: Garcia Marquez Says Legalize Drugs to End Colombian Violence | Newsbrief: Scotland Yard Chief Says Legalize It | Newsbrief: British Government to Issue Guidelines for Heroin Prescriptions, Pilot Programs Coming Soon | Newsbrief: Australian State to Do Medical Marijuana Trials | Newsbrief: "Indian Hemp" Farmers Shoot It Out With Nigerian Narcs | Media Scan: Cockburn on Rosenthal, Forbes on Buying Initiatives, CNN on Bad Drug Raid | The Reformer's Calendar
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